Developer on Fire
Developer on Fire
Episode 163 | Eric Elliott - Purpose And Impact
Guest:
Eric Elliott talks with Dave Rael about having a purpose, career transitions, coding, and caring
Eric Elliott is the author of "Programming JavaScript Applications" (O'Reilly). He has contributed to software experiences for Adobe, Zumba Fitness,The Wall Street Journal, BBC, and many popular music artists. He teaches hundreds of students JavaScript at https://ericelliottjs.com. He spends most of his time in the San Francisco Bay Area with the most beautiful woman in the world.
Chapters:
- - Dave introduces the show and Eric Elliott
- - Eric's personal and business relationship with his wife
- - The documentary on which Eric is working with his wife: Programming Literacy
- - How Eric got exposed to computing and programming as a child
- - Eric's path to JavaScript
- - Eric's business and the timeless and practical focus of the education he provides
- - The things that "light Eric up"
- - "I'm not going to say that writing software is easy because it's not, but it's easy to get started. It's easy to learn the basics. I'ts easy to take one step at a time into becoming a professional software developer as long as you're talking one step at a time and not trying to take over the world over night."
- - Eric's story of failure - From successful music blog and creative work to couch surfing due to market collapse without having hedged bets
- - The reasons being a programmer is a great career
- - Eric's success story - becoming a source of learning for passing skills on to the next generation of coders
- - Eric's thoughts on having "made it"
- - How Eric stays current with what he needs to know
- - Eric's book recommendations
- - JavaScript and the influence of other languages
- - The things that have Eric most excited
- - Eric's causes of pain and suffering - homelessness - including his motivation and his taking of action in trying to address the problem
- - Eric's top 3 tips for delivering value
- - Keeping up with Eric
Resources:
- Eric's Medium Blog: JavaScript Scene
- Eric's Courses
- Programming JavaScript Applications: Robust Web Architecture with Node, HTML5, and Modern JS Libraries - Eric Elliott
- @JS_Cheerleader
- Programming Literacy - Documentary Hosted By Eric
- jshomes
- jshomes in more depth (please watch the video embedded here)
- Bill Scott
- Click Trails
- Courses by Dan Abramov
- Dr. Axel Rauschmayer
- Dr. Axel Rauschmayer's Blog: 2ality
- Exploring ES6: Upgrade to the next version of JavaScript - Dr. Axel Rauschmayer
- Speaking JavaScript: An In-Depth Guide for Programmers - Dr. Axel Rauschmayer
- Blockchain
- ARPANET
- Delivery drone
- Neat video medical application of drones
Eric's book recommendation:
Eric's top 3 tips for delivering more value:
- Use Test-Driven Development
- Think about the value you're delivering - have it front and center on your mind
- Measure stuff and measure the right and not the wrong stuff
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